# 避

| 避 | U+907F, &#36991; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-907F |
| ← 遾 [U+907E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 邀 → [U+9080] |

## Translingual
### Han character

避 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+13, 17 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 16 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜尸口十 (YSRJ), four-corner 3030$_4$, composition ⿺辶辟)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1266, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39163
* Dae Jaweon: page 1763, character 25
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3891, character 5
* Unihan data for U+907F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 嬖 | *peːɡs |
| 薜 | *beːɡs, *preːɡ |
| 鐾 | *beːɡs |
| 臂 | *peɡs |
| 譬 | *pʰeɡs |
| 避 | *beɡs |
| 檗 | *preːɡ |
| 擘 | *preːɡ |
| 糪 | *preːɡ, *pʰreːɡ |
| 掰 | *preːɡ |
| 繴 | *breːɡ, *peːɡ |
| 辟 | *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ |
| 璧 | *peɡ |
| 鐴 | *peɡ |
| 躄 | *peɡ |
| 襞 | *peɡ |
| 僻 | *pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ |
| 癖 | *pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ |
| 廦 | *pʰeɡ, *peːɡ |
| 擗 | *beɡ |
| 躃 | *beɡ |
| 闢 | *beɡ |
| 壁 | *peːɡ |
| 鼊 | *peːɡ |
| 霹 | *pʰeːɡ |
| 劈 | *pʰeːɡ |
| 澼 | *pʰeːɡ |
| 憵 | *pʰeːɡ |
| 甓 | *beːɡ |
| 鷿 | *beːɡ |
| 幦 | *mbeːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *beɡs) : semantic 辶 (“to walk”) + phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bei$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bei$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phit
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pid$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): pī
* Eastern Min (BUC): biê
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pī / phiah
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bi$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^6$
*** Yale: beih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phit
*** Hakka Romanization System: pid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰit̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰit̚¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pī
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: biê
*** Sinological IPA : /piɛ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī
*** Tâi-lô: pī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pi
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pi²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiah
*** Tâi-lô: phiah
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phiaq
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiaʔ³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bi$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pī
*** Sinological IPA : /pi¹¹/
* Middle Chinese: bjieH
Rime :
| Character | 避 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 毗義切 |
| Baxter | bjieH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biᴇ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biɛ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjɛ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /biə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /bie$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bǐe$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱie̯$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ek-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*beɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 避 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjie$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ek-s/ |
| English | avoid |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 避 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 667 |
| Phonetic component | 辟 |
| Rime group | 賜 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 避 |
| Old Chinese | /*beɡs/ |

### Definitions

避
* to avoid; to escape; to dodge
* to prevent; to keep away

#### Synonyms

* (to avoid): 躲開／躲开 (duǒkai)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 避 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 避 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 避 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 避 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 避 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 閃 GT |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 閃 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 閃 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
* (to prevent):
* 候防 (Puxian Min)
* 免除 (miǎnchú)
* 嚴防 / 严防 (yánfáng)
* 戒備 / 戒备 (jièbèi)
* 提防
* 謹防 / 谨防 (jǐnfáng)
* 避免 (bìmiǎn)
* 防 (fáng)
* 防備 / 防备 (fángbèi)
* 防止 (fángzhǐ)
* 防範 / 防范 (fángfàn)
* 阻止 (zǔzhǐ)
* 預備 / 预备 (yùbèi) (literary)
* 預防 / 预防 (yùfáng)

#### Compounds

* 不避 (bùbì)
* 不避嫌疑
* 不避彊禦 / 不避强御
* 尹邢避面
* 回避 (huíbì)
* 就虛避實 / 就虚避实
* 引避
* 待避 (dàibì)
* 忌避
* 懼刀避劍 / 惧刀避剑
* 揚長避短 / 扬长避短 (yángchángbìduǎn)
* 政治避難 / 政治避难 (zhèngzhì bìnàn)
* 斂避 / 敛避
* 暫避 / 暂避 (zànbì)
* 水火不避
* 沒巴避 / 没巴避
* 浮瓜避暑
* 潛避 / 潜避 (qiánbì)
* 煨乾避濕 / 煨干避湿
* 畏避 (wèibì)
* 臨難不避 / 临难不避
* 規避 / 规避 (guībì)
* 誅不避貴 / 诛不避贵
* 走避 (zǒubì)
* 趨利避害 / 趋利避害 (qūlìbìhài)
* 趨吉避凶 (qūjíbìxiōng)
* 趨避 / 趋避
* 踰牆避命 / 逾墙避命
* 躲避 (duǒbì)
* 躲避球 (duǒbìqiú)
* 逃災避難 / 逃灾避难
* 迴避 / 回避 (huíbì)
* 逃避 (táobì)
* 退避 (tuìbì)
* 退避三舍 (tuìbìsānshè)
* 迴避學習 / 回避学习
* 逃避退縮 / 逃避退缩
* 避不見面 / 避不见面
* 避世 (bìshì)
* 避世離俗 / 避世离俗
* 避乖
* 避亂 / 避乱 (bìluàn)
* 避井落坑
* 避人之處 / 避人之处
* 避人眼目
* 避人耳目
* 避債 / 避债 (bìzhài)
* 避免 (bìmiǎn)
* 避凶就吉
* 避凶趨吉
* 避匿 (bìnì)
* 避地
* 避坑落井 (bìkēngluòjǐng)
* 避嫌 (bìxián)
* 避孕 (bìyùn)
* 避孕套 (bìyùntào)
* 避孕藥 / 避孕药 (bìyùnyào)
* 避宅
* 避寒 (bìhán)
* 避實就虛 / 避实就虚
* 避實擊虛 / 避实击虚
* 避就
* 避席 (bìxí)
* 避忌 (bìjì)
* 避暑 (bìshǔ)
* 避暑勝地 / 避暑胜地
* 避火浴血
* 避煞
* 避禍 / 避祸
* 避禍就福 / 避祸就福
* 避秦 (bìqín)
* 避而不談 / 避而不谈 (bì'érbùtán)
* 避衰
* 避諱 / 避讳 (bìhuì)
* 避賢 / 避贤
* 避賢謝拙 / 避贤谢拙
* 避邪 (bìxié)
* 避重就輕 / 避重就轻 (bìzhòngjiùqīng)
* 避銳鋒 / 避锐锋
* 避鋒頭 / 避锋头
* 避開 / 避开 (bìkāi)
* 避阱入坑
* 避難 / 避难 (bìnàn)
* 避難就易 / 避难就易
* 避難所 / 避难所 (bìnànsuǒ)
* 避雨 (bìyǔ)
* 避雷 (bìléi)
* 避雷針 / 避雷针 (bìléizhēn)
* 避風港 / 避风港 (bìfēnggǎng)
* 避風臺 / 避风台
* 避風頭 / 避风头 (bì fēngtou)
* 閃避 / 闪避 (shǎnbì)
* 防避
* 離鄉避井 / 离乡避井

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 避 |
| Kyūjitai | 避󠄁 避+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 避󠄃 避+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to avoid

#### Readings

* Go-on: び (bi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
* Kun: さける (sakeru, 避ける, Jōyō)、よける (yokeru, 避ける)

#### Compounds

* 避(ひ)移(い) (hī)
* 避(ひ)隠(いん) (hīn)
* 避(ひ)影(えい) (hiei)
* 避(ひ)遠(えん) (hien)
* 避(ひ)禍(か) (hika)
* 避(ひ)回(かい), 避(ひ)廻(かい) (hikai)
* 避(ひ)害(がい) (higai)
* 避(ひ)礙(がい) (higai)
* 避(ひ)寒(かん) (hikan)
* 避(ひ)忌(き) (hiki)
* 避(ひ)諱(き) (hiki)
* 避(ひ)咎(きゅう) (hikyū)
* 避(ひ)去(きょ) (hikyo)
* 避(ひ)形(けい) (hikei)
* 避(ひ)権(けん) (hiken)
* 避(ひ)賢(けん) (hiken)
* 避(ひ)嫌(けん) (hiken)
* 避(ひ)穀(こく) (hikoku)
* 避(ひ)衰(さい) (hisai)
* 避(ひ)災(さい) (hisai)
* 避(ひ)罪(ざい) (hizai)
* 避(ひ)讒(ざん) (hizan)
* 避(ひ)仕(し) (hishi)
* 避(ひ)徙(し) (hishi)
* 避(ひ)邪(じゃ) (hija)
* 避(ひ)寿(じゅ) (hiju)
* 避(ひ)讐(しゅう) (hishū)
* 避(ひ)就(しゅう) (hishū)
* 避(ひ)暑(しょ) (hisho)
* 避(ひ)処(しょ) (hisho)
* 避(ひ)除(じょ) (hijo)
* 避(ひ)譲(じょう) (hijō)
* 避(ひ)秦(しん) (hishin)
* 避(ひ)人(じん) (hijin) (辟(ひ)人(じん))
* 避(ひ)世(せい) (hisei) (辟(ひ)世(せい))
* 避(ひ)税(ぜい) (hizei)
* 避(ひ)席(せき) (hiseki) (辟(ひ)席(せき))
* 避(ひ)走(そう) (hisō)
* 避(ひ)蔵(ぞう) (hizō)
* 避(ひ)遜(そん) (hison)
* 避(ひ)退(たい) (hitai)
* 避(ひ)地(ち) (hichi)
* 避(ひ)逃(とう) (hitō)
* 避(ひ)匿(とく) (hitoku)
* 避(ひ)難(なん) (hinan)
* 避(ひ)妊(にん), 避(ひ)姙(にん) (hinin)
* 避(ひ)熱(ねつ) (hinetsu)
* 避(ひ)泊(はく) (hihaku)
* 避(ひ)伏(ふく) (hifuku)
* 避(ひ)粉(ふん) (hifun)
* 避(ひ)辟(へき) (hiheki)
* 避(ひ)謗(ぼう) (hibō)
* 避(ひ)孕(よう) (hiyō)
* 避(ひ)雷(らい) (hirai)
* 避(ひ)乱(らん) (hiran)
* 畏(い)避(ひ) (ihi)
* 引避
* 隠(いん)避(ぴ) (inpi)
* 回(かい)避(ひ), 廻(かい)避(ひ) (kaihi)
* 還避
* 忌(き)避(ひ) (kihi)
* 諱(き)避(ひ) (kihi)
* 嫌避
* 顧避
* 高避
* 竄避
* 自避
* 推避
* 旋避
* 躱(た)避(ひ) (tahi)
* 軃(た)避(ひ) (tahi)
* 退(たい)避(ひ) (taihi)
* 憚(たん)避(ぴ) (tanpi)
* 逃(とう)避(ひ) (tōhi)
* 匿(とく)避(ひ) (tokuhi)
* 遁(とん)避(ぴ) (tonpi)

### References

* ↑ “避”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “避”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2133 (paper), page 1118 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1232 (paper), page 629 (digital)

## Korean
### Hanja

避 (eumhun 피할 피 (pihal pi))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

避: Hán Nôm readings: tị
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